Hi Friends, Thanks to my good friend and fellow photographer, Royce Rumsey, I was provided media credentials with [nearly] unrestricted access to this weekend’s Dana Point Concours d’Elegance charity car show. Along with Royce, Booker, Bob, Ed and a bunch of my Photoshop and photography students, we provided complete coverage of the events of the […]

Hi Friends, Last summer, I spent a week with my good friend, Royce, and my invaluable assistant, Cat, doing location portrait work at the Mercedes Benz Classic Center in Irvine, CA to be used in their web and print marketing materials. Being witness to this team of automotive artisans engaged in their craft was fascinating! They […]

Hi Friends, I recently did some photography for Mercedes Benz, shooting their SL550 launch event at Warner Bros Studios and the Hollywood Hills “hidden racetrack.” Some of my images were picked up by Mercedes Benz MB! online magazine, and I just found out that one of the Motortrend Magazine journalists who was there for the […]

Hi Friends, We recently photographed the press / launch event for Mercedes-Benz celebrating 60 years of the SL (“super, lightweight”) model. It was a three-day affair: two days of photographing the SL family tree in Burbank on Stage 5 at the Warner Brothers Studio lot, and a third day of car-to-car driving photography on the […]

Hi Friends, I had the opportunity recently to photograph an amazing collection of handcrafted custom furniture at a beautiful home in San Diego County. The manufacturer contracted with me to photograph her work in the home setting – images to be used on her website, marketing materials, etc. The home is decorated in the “Old […]

…creating totally cool images for a medical device manufacturer! Hi friends! Had a terrific day shooting in the ER at LA County / USC Medical Center this past Monday with my good friend, Royce. We had arranged to set up a trauma bay for location images of a medical device in use. With the invaluable […]

Hi Friends, I’m very pleased to announce that my pastor, Craig W. Rench, has been published! His book, “The Master’s Plan: A Strategy for Making Disciples” is available now at Amazon. Grab your copy today before they’re all gone! Thanks for dropping by! J

Hi Friends, When working with flash in bright sun, it’s often necessary to gang several flash units together to compensate for the loss of output when operating at sync speeds above normal flash sync (i.e., “high speed sync”). A month or two back, I crafted a simple straight bar (my “Stro-bar”) with three cold shoes […]

My wife is trying something new on her blog at www.stampingpro.com. I regularly do product photography of sample cards for her blog posts, but in this case, we got to shoot both the card and the stamp set from which it was created. Setup was pretty simple: Nikon SB-800 in 3′ octabox for keylight, […]

Hi Friends, My wife is an incredibly talented and creative person. I’m continously amazed at her gifts. I get to participate somewhat vicariously by shooting product photos for her website at www.stampingpro.com. Most of the time, I use my high-key, all white tabletop setup with the acrylic shooting table – underlit – with an SB-800 […]